The prosecutor has maintained the charges against ex Mayor Marisol Yagüe and has upped the sentences requested for the ex police chief and an inspector
The Marbella traffic fines case is now ready for sentencing, where the ex Mayor, Marisol Yagüe she faces a possible nine month ban from office and a local police inspector faces four years in prison.
Also charged is a local policeman and the ex police chief, Rafael del Pozo, who is implicated in the Malaya corruption case. The prosecutor has now upped the sentence requested for del Pozo from three years up to four.
The prosecutor decided to drop the charges against a fourth officer on Wednesday, but kept the charges in place against the ex Mayor.
The case relates to traffic tickets which were not processed between February 2004 and August 2005. El País reports that one was issued to a nephew of the sports journalist, José María García for a drink driving offence, which the prosecutor claims was ‘hidden’ by order of Marbella’s then-Mayor.
Yagüe’s lawyer told the court on Wednesday that her client did not give any orders to release the journalist’s nephew from custody, while José María García, when he was called to give evidence, denied contacting the Mayor asking her to intervene.
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